Xu Lanyin felt a flicker of uncertainty in her mind, trying to grasp it but failing to grasp it. She then asked, "Why did your grandmother help them harm you? Could it be that she wasn't your real grandmother? And your grandfather, if he had cared more about you, those people wouldn't have dared to do such a cruel thing."

Zhao Wu sighed, "Yes, she is. My elder brother and I have never figured out why she treated us like this. As for my grandfather, he doesn't care about anything else except making pills every day.

From childhood, the only person who served me was that jerk... Oh, the one my second uncle assigned me. To grow up safely, and not be crippled like my older brother, I didn't like studying. I wasn't bright, so I kept birds and crickets for fun, acting like a jerk and a fool. I started learning at five and spent two years at the Imperial College. While I could read and write, my essays were utterly incoherent. I was scolded by my teacher almost daily, and everyone who knew me was annoyed by me.

I figured my grandfather wouldn't pass the title down to me now that I was in this state, so that bastard should be relieved. Knowing I wasn't good at literature, I'd been secretly training in martial arts, hoping to join the army when I grew up, using the honor left by my ancestors and my own martial arts to forge a career, escape that bastard's control, rescue my eldest brother, and uncover the cause of my parents' death... I still couldn't understand why he suddenly tried to kill me that day after repeatedly urging me to return home.

His voice was a little choked, and he quickly lowered his head and sniffed, then continued, "Changgui has served me for four years, and I have always been wary of him. I didn't expect a third hand to appear behind him, pushing him along."

After listening to Zhao Wu's story, Xu Lanyin's heart began to beat wildly, and that trace of uncertainty was finally grasped.

Zhao Wuben's surname was Wen. His grandfather held a noble title, but his parents died young. His eldest brother was disabled, not sick. He and his eldest brother particularly hated his second uncle and second aunt. On the day he rode his horse through the streets of Nanping County, Su Qing was also there, and later "jumped off a cliff to commit suicide"...

Could it be that this little brother is the younger brother of Wen Zhuofeng, the disabled husband of the heroine Su in the previous life, and the unknown male supporting role who jumped off a cliff to commit suicide for the heroine Su?

If that were true, they'd understand why Zhao Wuzhi came to Daxiang Temple, since Yefengling was only a few miles from Sujiazhuang, and he and Su Qing had previously "intersected" in Nanping County. They could say he lost his appetite after seeing Su Qing, and after hearing that she was engaged to his brother, he couldn't bear the shock and jumped off a cliff to commit suicide...

The biological mother of Miss Su and Zhao Wu's second uncle and aunt killed three birds with one stone. Not only did they get rid of Zhao Wu, but they also put a dent in Su Qing's chest and made his eldest brother suffer for the rest of his life.

How much they hate these three people that they came up with such a vicious method. It's so immoral.

However, Xu Lanyin remembered that Miss Su got engaged a month after returning to Beijing, which meant mid-October. Zhao Wu fell off the cliff on September 25th, at Oat Mountain, while the young male counterpart in the book was in the Western Hills outside Beijing in mid-October. The time and place didn't match.

Xu Lanyin thought, perhaps she was overthinking it. Zhao Wu wasn't the nameless male supporting character who jumped off a cliff in the book. Many things were just coincidences. There was a family surnamed Wen in the capital, so of course, this possibility was extremely small. Alternatively, they might have concealed Zhao Wu's fall from the cliff until Su Qing and Wen Zhuofeng got engaged, then found a chance to spread the news, changing the location to Xishan to cover up the lie. Or perhaps, her time travel caused a butterfly effect, and her little wings fanned the wedding forward...

"Sister, what's wrong with you?" Zhao Wu asked when he saw Xu Lanyin frowning and covering her chest with one hand.

Xu Lanyin quickly suppressed her thoughts and said, "I was shocked. You rich people are so terrible. You can even kill your relatives for the sake of profit. Fortunately, God has a vision. You survived and escaped from them in this way. You are still young. You should hide in the countryside for two years. You will change as you grow up. Plus, with these big dimples, even if your relatives see you, they won't think of you as the same person you were before. You are so smart. Practice your skills and make good plans. It would be best if you can realize your dream. If not, living a happy life as an ordinary person is not bad either."

She really wanted to ask you and your older brother's names, and what your older brother's disability meant. But these were the deepest secrets in his heart, so she couldn't ask rashly. She'd ask again when she had the chance, or perhaps "listen" again. She'd listened to his inner thoughts before, but he'd only called her "older brother" and never her name. The "bastard" he'd been calling her was only revealed today to be his second uncle.

Zhao Wu shook his head and said softly, "Sister, I will listen to you in everything, but I want to do this according to my own wishes. I can't be an ordinary person. I must find a way to get my eldest brother out, find out the real cause of my parents' death, let the evildoers get the punishment they deserve, and take back what belongs to my eldest brother and me. Don't worry, sister, I will plan it well, keep my identity secret, and definitely won't implicate you."

Xu Lanyin was really afraid that he would bring the fire upon herself, because she had a home and a family behind her.

Looking at the boy's childish face, his slender figure, and his determined eyes, Xu Lanyin nodded and said, "Okay, then do as you wish. It's a road paved with thorns, so you must practice your skills and plan carefully. Remember, you must not act recklessly. Staying alive always comes first."

Zhao Wu nodded and said, "I don't want to die either. I want to survive and get my brother out, and I also want to support my sister. My sister helped me through the most difficult times. I have changed not only in appearance, but also in my character."

Zhao Wu praised her all the time, which made the old-fashioned Xu Lanyin feel a little embarrassed.

It was getting dark early, so Xu Lan got up and said goodbye at the beginning of the afternoon.

She also wanted to carry the venison. Zhao Wudao said, "Isn't Brother Zhou coming tomorrow? Let him carry it."

It was already getting dark when I got home, and I ran into Xu Lanzhou who had just returned. We hadn't seen him for a few days, and the whole family gathered around him, asking him about his life.

Xu Lanzhou said he studied very hard in the private school and that he would seize the opportunity to learn to keep accounts when he returned to the shop. His eldest cousin and his wife took good care of him...

Qin knew her son would be home today, so she cooked a few dishes early. Her illness had improved considerably, and she could now do basic housework and sewing.

She asked Xu Lanzhou to go to the main house and invite the old couple over, as they had also been thinking about this grandson.

The old couple came happily, and the little follower Xuyuan also came.

Thinking of Zhao Wu's instructions, and looking at her hands, which were now shinier than usual, Xu Lanyin was reluctant to wash off the residue of the Jade Regenerating Cream from her palms. She complained of being tired a few times during dinner, and afterward, she took the two children off to play.

Xu Lanzhou very conscientiously helped to collect the dishes. The old couple's faces darkened, and Qin quickly called her son back and took them in to wash them herself.

Xu Lanyin pretended not to notice the dissatisfaction in the old couple's eyes. Neither the original owner nor she had ever been lazy in this family.

After the old couple left and Xu Lanting fell asleep, Xu Lanyin called Qin to Xu Lanzhou's room to discuss how to bring Zhao Wu home.

This matter was serious and could not be told to Xu Lanting. Although Xu Lanting had met Zhao Wu once, the meeting was only half an hour, and Zhao Wu had changed a lot, so he would not remember it.